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Calif. woman pleads not guilty in penis slicing
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — A California woman has pleaded not guilty to cutting off her estranged husband's penis and running it through a garbage disposal. Catherine Kieu entered the plea in Orange County Superior Court Friday to charges of...Tags: Punishment
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Court to let woman sue over headscarf removal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will let a Muslim woman sue Southern California jailers for making her take off her head scarf in a courthouse holding cell. The court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Orange County, Calif., officials,...Tags: Washington, DC, Prisons
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Elizabeth Edwards leaves husband John out of will
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — The will Elizabeth Edwards signed days before her death last month makes no mention of her estranged husband and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday that...Tags: Elizabeth Edwards, Raleigh, Politics, Elections, North Carolina
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Roommate of slain Army veteran held on $1-million bail
The roommate of Maribel Ramos is expected to appear in court Tuesday on suspicion of murder after the missing Army veteran was found dead Thursday near Modjeska Canyon in Orange County, authorities said. Ramos, a 36-year-old Cal State Fullerton...Tags: California State University, Fullerton, Health and Safety at School, Crime, Law and Justice
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Additional teens arrested in skateboard assault
Authorities arrested two additional suspects Thursday in the alleged assault on a man by a group of skateboarders, police said. There are now five suspects involved in the case. Viktor Silcock, 25, of Huntington Beach, was allegedly attacked by a...Tags: Trials, Juvenile Delinquency, Weaponry, Punishment, Prisons
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It's A Gray Area: Incarceration is not always the best option
One thing that starkly sets the United States apart from other Western industrial countries is our incarceration rate. Today our country has more than 2.3 million people in jail or prison, which means that, with about 5% of the world's population, we have...Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Mental Health
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H.B. man gets 50 to life for killing his father
A Huntington Beach man was sentenced to 50 years to life by an Orange County Superior Court judge Friday for killing his father, according to the district attorney's office. A jury found Jeremy Dwayne Martin, 37, guilty March 26 of murdering his...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Shootings
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Hearing on dock fees delayed
A hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon that could have decided the fate of a lawsuit alleging that the Newport Beach City Council broke a state transparency law while enacting a series of dock fee increases was postponed until June. An Orange... -
Skateboard beating suspects charged [updated]
Three of the four teens who allegedly beat a man nearly to death with skateboards were charged Thursday with assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury, said Huntington Beach Police Lt. Mitch O’Brien. One suspect was released without...
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Newport Beach targets rehab homes; one briefly hosted Lindsay Lohan
Newport Beach officials plan to ask a judge to close seven substance abuse recovery facilities in the city, including the rehab home where actress Lindsay Lohan stayed briefly before checking into the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage instead. The...Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Rentals, Judges, Lindsay Lohan, Crime, Law and Justice
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Huntington Beach man gets 50 years to life for killing his father
A man will spend 50 years to life in prison for shooting and killing his father in the mobile home they shared in Huntington Beach, according to the Orange County district attorney's office. A jury found Jeremy Dwayne Martin, 37, guilty March 26 of...
Tags: House Building, Methamphetamine (drug), Shootings, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Newport to ask judge to close recovery homes
Newport Beach's city attorney said Monday that the city plans to ask a judge this week to close seven recovery homes found to be operating outside of the law. The proposal comes after an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that...Tags: Lawyers, Alcohol Addiction, Rentals, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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